Q. How did you get to where you are now in your career?

A. God, a great wife, a clean suit, perfect timing, and a few excellent speeches.

Q: Favorite non-WNBA athlete?

A: Takeru Kobayashi

Q: What’s the last thing you saw on stage that you really enjoyed?

A: Tom Waits sang in public for the first time in 5 years last night. I love when he does Tom Traubert’s Blues.

Q: What’s your favorite sports movie?

A: 300

Q: What did you learn from the worst boss you ever had?

A: When you’re being disrespected at work, that’s the angels telling you there’s something better over yonder.

Q: What is the guilty pleasure you could go broke buying?

A: Grillz

Q: What always surprises you about NYC?

A: How so many people afford to live there.

Q: Three things you can’t live without

A: Mom jeans, chewy chips ahoys, left handed scissors

Q: If you could shadow any designer for a day, who would it be?

A: Betsey Johnson

Q: Would you be a better center fielder for the Nats or point guard for the Wizards?

A: Hitting a baseball is nearly impossible at the professional level. That’s why we should forgive Pete Rose. I’d put him on the $3 bill if I could.

Q: How do you handle stressful situations and working under pressure?

A: The first job I ever had I got paid $3.35 an hour to mop puke (and worse) out of a McDonald’s bathroom. All jobs since then have paid more and were far more fun. Any time I feel stress at work I think this is still more fun than that.

Q: What was the first Grateful Dead song to really flip your wig?

A: I’ve always been fascinated by Friend of the Devil. It was playing in the car when i was little and my mom turned it off. Is it wicked? Is it super loving? Who knows? Recently I heard Tom Petty cover it in LA and I thought it was fantastic.